SIR necessary, illegally registered ineligible names must be removed: Yogi Adityanath
The bench said software cannot override voter-roll law and warned that mass deletions could disenfranchise lakhs of electors.
- On Wednesday, the Bombay High Court's Goa bench ruled that administrative software cannot supersede statutory law, after a Santa Cruz family's names were deleted when the ERONET system rejected their Form 8 address change applications.
- The court's intervention followed a petition by Paresh Salgaoncar, whose family was forced to re-register as new voters via Form 6 after the system blocked their address updates, effectively deleting their existing electoral records.
- Justices Amit S. Jamsandekar and Valmiki Menezes questioned the Election Commission on its power to delete names without hearings, asking, "Show us from the Act what empowers you to delete without hearing?"
- Warning that "lakhs will go off the rolls," the bench expressed deep concern over the software-driven process, noting that officers were helpless when the system prevented them from processing valid address change applications.
- Amid protests against the Special Intensive Revision, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath defended the exercise on Monday as essential for national security, while opposition groups demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.
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Remove Ineligible Names Illegally Registered: CM Adityanath
Get the key details on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's statement emphasizing that illegally registered, ineligible names must be removed during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists to ensure a transparent and accurate electoral process
SIR necessary, illegally registered ineligible names must be removed: Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has emphasised the need to identify and remove ineligible names from the voter list. He stated that this effort is important for national security, unity, and integrity. Adityanath also verified entries related to deceased individuals and duplicate names as necessary measures. Opposition groups have protested against this Special Intensive Revision, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissi…
DK Shivakumar Alleges ‘Criminal Conspiracy’ to Delete Eligible Voters in Karnataka; Flags Form 7 Misuse
Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has accused of 'criminal conspiracy' to delete eligible voters from the list, as a dispute erupts over alleged irregularities in the state's Special Intensive Revision (SIR).The controversy erupted after reports surfaced that eight members of a Muslim family in Bengaluru's Ulsoor area were allegedly targeted via applications to delete their names from the l
1.36 Lakh Voters Deleted, But 'Records Not Maintained': Indore RTI Trail
The deletions predate the present SIR. But the correspondence brings the broader debate over electoral transparency down to a concrete issue: the availability of records documenting changes to the voter list.
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court has expressed strong displeasure with the Election Commission (ECI) for deleting names from the voter list and rejecting Form-8 during the SIR process. The court said on Thursday that it is the primary responsibility of the Election Commission to ensure that citizens can exercise their franchise and when the Commission questions the conduct of voters, citizens also have the r…
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